Drinking fountain for baby chicks



March 29, 1932. HEARN 1,851,278

' DRINKING FOUNTAINFOR BABY CHICKS Filed Sept. 15, 1950 INVENTOR aHear'n ATTORNEY t Patented 295 1 93 2" DM F HEARN Panama-a "G'A IFQBNIA,,1;I""

' DRINKING enus-gossa a id s" i i x Application filed September 151939." sw rm." 481 861;

j I This invention relates to chicken drinking fountains for use whererunning water or water under pressureis not available, and a supply forthe fountain sufficient to last .a

reasonable length of time must therefore be provided.

The principal objects of my invention are.

to provide a fountain of this general charac-.

ter which will be very convenient to trans- 1 port, which may be readilyand thoroughly cleaned,'and cantherefore easily be kept in a properlysanitary condition, which is light and durable and yet of substantialconstruction, and which while made of two initially separated normallyremovableand connect ed together parts, has nothing in the way ofrelatively complicatedlvalves or catches to bind or rust or otherwiseget out of order.

v My improved fountain therefore. is ideal for 1 '2 use on the ordinaryfarm" where the task of I watering chicks is usually allotted to thewomen. r I 1 Another object is to provide a fountainof this characterwhich will not overflow in use, 5 which will not spill water whenbeingma nipulated, or allow the chicks to get into the water-trougharea. i i

A further object of the invention is'to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice, and

yet onewhich. will beexceedingly effective for the purpose for which itis designed.

' These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangementof parts as willfully appear by a perusal of 5 the followingspecification'and claim.

In the drawingsfsimilar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views: v, I

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof myimproved fountain as" in operation.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same;

Referring now more particularly to the characters of referenceon thedrawings, the numeral 1 denotes the bottom pansor saucer which is, ofcircular form, and 2 denotes the reservoir or bucket of the trough, alsocircular or cylindrical but of smaller diameter than the saucers Theseparts are made of 5 sheet metal'of a non rusting character so as .50 tobe light and sanitary. I The bucketis arshouldthey by ito' becreinovablysecured in 1 131011 ..W1i3l1th6 saucer in inverted relation thereto inthe following manner. 1 ,Projecting upwardly from and rigidly secured,to the sau'ceratits center or area is'a post 3;; This 7 post has atripletlead thread atits-upper. end 7 as at 4 to detachably screwinto a.tapped] socket 5 which pro ects-inwardly..of'fthe bucket fromthe bottomthereof at its center of; area. This area v enablesthe ,bu cketto, be 6mounted on the post the rim 'orlower edge I ii of said bucket will lieclosely against the bot tomof the saucer, as shownlinFig. The I '7difference in L diameter between the saucer and ucket is s ch: s. t pvide a drinking area I Qt. convenient-siz an whi h. is n t ide enoughutopermit the chicks t a tual y step int the 's me- A so th d p ofthesauc'er 1 isinsluflicientto pos ibly. permit the chicks, no matterhow small from being drowned accident tend to fall into the drinkingarea; 7 In order to initially'centralize the bucket 55 l relative totheasaucer so as to facilitatethe screwing of the bucket onto the post,a number of radial flanges 6 project inwardly from the sides of thesaucer. These flanges. project above the plane of the top of the saucer5 somewhat so as to engage the exterior .of the bucket as the latter: ismoved into position,

but before the threaded end of the po t g s the socket.

To enable-the device to be easily carried 5' from place to place thebucket is provided. witha bail 7 arranged to project above the. top whenin its operative inverted position.

To enable thewater to be maintained in the saucer to a predeterminedlevel the bucket i is'provided with small openings 8 disposed at a aheight from its lower edge'less than the height .of the saucer. Toconnect the parts i I together with the bucketfilled, the latter isallowed to rest on the ground inan upended position, while the saucer isinverted relative thereto so that the post will depend into the bucket;the side flanges 6 of the saucer engaging the bucket and automaticallycentering 5 the saucer relative to the bucket so that the 860st willengage the socket without any trials mg necessary; I c A quick spin tothe ri ht will be suflicient to cause the post to be tig tened in thesocket, when the device may be inverted to its slid ing position. Withsuch inverting movee ment, which takes but an infinitesimal time toperform, there is little or no danger of'the water spilling out,sincethe water to get out- 15 side the bucket must either pass throughthe openings 8 or through the small crack formed between the rim of thebucket and the bottom of the saucer. I i From the foregoing descriptionit will be so readily seen that I have produced such a device as willsubstantially fulfill theobjects ofthe invention as set forth hereinWhile this s ecification sets forth in detail the present an preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations fromsuchdetail may be resorted toas do not form a, departure from'the spiritof the invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A chicken drinking fountain comprising a I saucer a water reservoir oflesser diameter than the saucer to depend into the saucer in invertedrelation thereto, a post upstanding from the saucer and threaded on itsupper end, and a tapped socket fixed in and pro ecting inwardly ofthe'reservoir to engage the upfiiar end of the post. a

testimony hereof I afiix my signature. EDMUNDB. HEARN.

